I have more to share but it is bedtime for me.Īurel Gheorghe Near-death experiences (NDEs) seems to be ubiquitous lately - stories about those who “died” and came back, who recount being in hell or heaven, even though they were not actually dead, only near-dead. Spend time with Sid Roth on Youtube for more NDE's and other things. Now that I am older and have vivid dreams, I love dreams more than being awake. When I was young, the Australian aborigines talked about dreaming. How do I know that Heaven is really nice? I have vivid dreams. I am healthy (no meds), ambulatory, 'young' (75) in a retirement community, no pain.Įveryone in a retirement community is waiting to cross the final river as described in Pilgrim's Progress. If I were given a chance to have an NDE with the possibility of death, Read the lyrics of 'Live Like You're Dying' (not biblical, not NDE but close enough). Everyone who had an NDE - whether they went to heaven or hell came back changed for the better, and they would rather stay in heaven. If God would play a role in providing them with a vision that causes them to become Christians, that (in my opinion) would just be one more sign of His grace (undeserved mercy) and love toward them.Īndrew kameya If one attributes near death experiences to physiological things, then a brain without oxygen, for whatever length the death experience was, would definitely cause brain damage. If people require additional, extra-Biblical proof or validation in the form of a near-death experience before they will believe, I would only say that, in my opinion, they would fall into the same category as those unbelievers who were always demanding signs from Jesus, and who were never satisfied, regardless of what proofs He provided. (Also, I myself have never heard of any such accounts that directly contradicted information already found in Scripture.) What I am CERTAIN of, however, is that all information necessary for humans to know in this present life with regard to eternity is found in the Bible, apart from any accounts of near-death experiences. Army I think that God would be capable of providing such experiences, but I also think that they may have other causes stemming from the mental or psychological history or activity of the individual. Martin James McGrath Morris Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co.Tim Maas Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Margaret Atwood Freddie Bitsoie Sandra Cisneros Lynn Cline William deBuys Ashley Ford John Grisham Roshi Joan Halifax Joy Harjo Anne Hillerman Cheryl Alters Jamison Craig Johnson Asma Khan Phil Klay Jon Krakauer Valeria Luiselli Deborah Madison Emily St. Purchase your books by festival authors directly from CW below: So if you missed the festival but are looking for a signed copy of one of their books, please call us or come in to browse. Bestselling, prizewinning authors and literary legends like Margaret Atwood, Joy Harjo, Colson Whitehead, Sandra Cisneros, Jon Krakauer, amongst others, spent time in our mini-bookstore in the lobby of the Convention Center and signed hundreds of books, which we now have in stock. The Inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festival was a huge success!Ĭollected Works was very proud to have been on-site all weekend as the official bookstore of the Santa Fe Festival. I wish I could protect my little sister, but I was just one year older.

The sound woke my little sister and she immediately started to cry. Someone was turning the handle on the closet door.

There was the sound of a light switch being flicked on.' 'Light streamed under the door and through the key-hole. How sad that I was okay with dark and silent.

or did we? These stories are a part of who and why we are. Our parents had issues, mother was schizophrenic, our father alcoholic. In my second book 'Glimpses of Hell' I recall that terrible and heartbreaking childhood abuse. When I was a child under the 'care' of my parents, my sister and I were terribly abused. We were loved, protected and encouraged by our grandparents and their faithful teachings of God. My first book 'Snippets of Heaven' was a joyful retelling of stories on my grandparents' farm.

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